Monthly Archives: September 2009

Quico says: “Take Eligio Cedeño,” The Contact says, “to this day, I’ve never been able to figure out exactly how he fucked up.” We’re sitting in one of these swank East Side restaurants whose ongoing existence don’t seem to jive … Continue reading →

Stockholm, Sweden. 5:49 PM. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is visible, and tell us the place and time the picture was taken. … Continue reading →

Juan Cristóbal says: – These days, chavista diplomacy goes from one embarrassment to the next. On the heels of giving Lybian dictator and major headcase Muammar Gaddafi our country’s highest civilian honor, Venezuela’s Ambassador to the OAS, Roy Chaderton, has … Continue reading →

Juan Cristóbal says: The government’s multi-billion dollar subsidy to the upper-middle classes, in the form of artificially cheap dollars, is an ongoing focus of this blog. This twisted social program we like to think of as Misión Cadivi has made … Continue reading →

Harare, Zimbabwe. 8:30 AM. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is visible, and tell us the place and time the picture was taken. … Continue reading →

Juan Cristóbal says: When the government’s “Media Responsibility Law” forced all radio stations to allocate five and a half hours of broadcasting per day to programming made by “independent national producers,” many decried the move as one more step toward … Continue reading →

Quico says: It’s tempting to dismiss Rodrigo Sanz’s revelation that Iran is collaborating with Venezuela in an effort to secure high grade Uranium in Santa Elena de Uairén as mere posturing, or even just a slip of the tongue. That … Continue reading →

Austin, Texas, USA. 7:45 AM. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is visible, and tell us the place and time the picture was … Continue reading →

Quico says: So, just one day after Presidents Obama, together with Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown, warned Iran that they’ve determined that “the size and configuration of this [their newly disclosed nuclear facility at Qom] is inconsistent with a peaceful … Continue reading →

Quico says: The fine landed like a bombshell in this well-appointed east-side building’s condo board. The government was fining them for BsF.60,000 – some $10,700 at the no-joke exchange rate – for “workplace safety violations.” None of the residents was … Continue reading →

Virginia Water, Surrey, England. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is visible, and tell us the place and time the picture was taken. … Continue reading →

[In a provocative journal article on Chávez's strategy to project power abroad...] Javier Corrales says: If a foreign government or politician accepts Venezuelan aid, what follows is more than just clinics. Recipients are free to use the money as they … Continue reading →

Quico says: Oh, I do enjoy riling you all up once in a while. But since the general level of up-rilery appears to be a bit higher than usual this time, I thought I would clarify. I condemn any move … Continue reading →

Paris, France. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is visible, and tell us the place and time the picture was taken. And don’t … Continue reading →

Quico says: So we’re all supposed to be sad now that oppo radio-broadcaster Onda la Superestación has canceled Nelson Bocaranda’s long-running political gossip show, “Los Runrunes de Nelson Bocaranda”. Sorry, but count me out. With Bocaranda’s Freedom of Speech martyrdom, … Continue reading →